{"id":76128,"date":"2023-09-09T15:45:45","date_gmt":"2023-09-09T18:45:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/?p=76128"},"modified":"2023-09-10T12:19:08","modified_gmt":"2023-09-10T15:19:08","slug":"the-babilonia-favelas-solar-energy-tour-community-organizers-mini-course-on-solar-energy-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/?p=76128","title":{"rendered":"The Babil\u00f4nia Favela’s Solar Energy Tour & Sustainable Favela Network’s Solar Mini-Course [VIDEO]"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Class participantes on the trail of the Paisagem Carioca Municipal Park. Babil\u00f4nia favela, June 3, 2023. Photo: Alexandre Cerqueira<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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On June 3, Rio de Janeiro’s Sustainable Favela Network (SFN<\/a>) launched a Mini-Course for Favela Solar Energy Ambassadors in the Babil\u00f4nia<\/a> favela, in the city’s\u00a0South Zone<\/a>. The gathering brought together community organizers from the network to discuss and introduce the course’s theme: \u201cthe role of solar energy in realizing energy and climate justice,\u201d under the leadership of Revolusolar<\/a>, a member of the SFN active in the field for eight years. Over subsequent weeks, the course united grassroots leaders from diverse communities online on Wednesdays, concluding with a final meeting on August 12 at the headquarters of the Association of Women with Attitude and Social Commitment (AMAC<\/a>) in the Dique da Vila Alzira favela, in the neighboring municipality of Duque de Caxias<\/a>, in Greater Rio’s Baixada Fluminense. On this day, the AMAC had its own photovoltaic system installed<\/a>.<\/h4>\n

The online course consisted of ten lessons led by Revolusolar, that began its work in the Babil\u00f4nia favela in 2015. In the first in-person class, participants took an educational tour of Babil\u00f4nia’s \u201cSolar Corridor<\/a>,\u201d guided by Dinei Medina. Afterwards, they explored the trail of the Paisagem Carioca Natural Municipal Park<\/a>, where they discussed the importance of solar energy for favelas, as well as its connection to sustainability in a broader context.
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Watch the video<\/a> of Medina’s tour through Babil\u00f4nia’s Solar Corridor and the Paisagem Carioca Natural Municipal Park:<\/h4>\n